Can-closure.



C. E. FINCH.

CAN closunf.

APPLICATION FILED ^UG|23| lgl. 1,298,683. Patented Apr. 1,1919.

" @film umantozl www CLARK FINCK, OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

' CAN-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

Application led August 28, 1918. Serial N10. 251,787.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARK E. FINCH, a citizen ofthe United States, 4residing at West Palm Beach, in the county of Palm Beach and State of Florida, have .invented a new and useful Can-Closure, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of the present invention is a can closure intended for use with metal containers of various descriptions.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a strip forming part of the container and adapted to be torn or wound from the container to effect an opening thereof.

Another object of the invention is the pro-.

vision of means for assuring a continuous tearing or winding of the strip.

A still further objectfof the invention is the provision of a can closure of generally improved construction and enhanced utility.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appearl as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a can constructed in accordance with the invention2 the strip partly unwound therefrom;

Flg. 2 is a view in elevation of the can;

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the can; v

Fig. 4 is a, transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference In carrying out the invention there is provided the usual can 1, headed at both ends, and this can is formed with parallel scorings to form a strip to be torn from the can for the purpose of opening the can.

As shown herein, spaced, parallel scorings 2 are formed circumferentially of the can, between the ends thereof, and form a strip which may be rolled or torn from the can. Between the scorings 2 are formed herring bone scorings 3, and the strip is provided at one end with a tongue 4 for the reception of a key 5, by-which the strip may be wound to open the can.

Strips formed by parallel scorings are of common occurrence but, in winding such strips, it often happens that, through some imperfection in the scoring, the strip fails to part from the can body at certain points, causing the strip to tear diagonally across and preventing the proper opening of the can. The herring bone scorings 3 are provided for the purpose of overcoming this defect and serve to direct the break back to the proper scoring 2, as indicated at 6, Fig. 1, so; that the strip may be properly wound from the can.

Havingr thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

A can closure, including a can body, a strip formed in the can body and adapted to be torn from the body to open the can, and scorings arranged diagonally of the strip.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ,aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARK E. FINCH.

Witnesses:

T. J. ArPLEGA'rE, E. A. CLARK. 

